A cracker of a dram and the strongest Millburn ever bottled…
This is a Millburn 1980 Vintage single cask, 18 Year Old cask strength release from Gordon & MacPhail.
Distilled in 1980, this Millburn spent 18 years maturing in a single cask (cask no #2021) before being bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 1998 exclusively for The World of Whiskies.
This was bottled at a ridiculous 67% abv.
Yes, you read that correctly – 67%!!!!
Our Tasting Notes:
Nose: Candle snuffer. Dried wedding flowers. Wisp of smoke. Old paint melting in the heat. Industrial warehouse. Ripe apricots.
Palate: Aniseed. Plum compôte. Vanilla pods. Amphorae jars.
Finish: Star anise. Shaved ginger. Distant smoke. Deep oak. Emerging wax note – a candle moments before it is lit.
Millburn Distillery – Closed
The oldest of the lost Inverness triumvirate, Millburn began life in 1807 as a farm distillery on the East side of Inverness – a far cry from the development that Inverness and the former location of the distillery would eventually go on to witness.
Unfortunately, in 1985 the distillery was closed just two years after its inverness relatives – Glen Albyn and Glen Mhor were shut during the tragic whisky loch of the 1980s. During its lifetime Millburn produced a highly acclaimed malt that was known for being a lightly smoky whisky with notes of silky honey, grilled tropical fruits and gentle spice.
A cracker of a dram and the strongest Millburn ever bottled…
This is a Millburn 1980 Vintage single cask, 18 Year Old cask strength release from Gordon & MacPhail.
Distilled in 1980, this Millburn spent 18 years maturing in a single cask (cask no #2021) before being bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 1998 exclusively for The World of Whiskies.
This was bottled at a ridiculous 67% abv.
Yes, you read that correctly – 67%!!!!
Our Tasting Notes:
Nose: Candle snuffer. Dried wedding flowers. Wisp of smoke. Old paint melting in the heat. Industrial warehouse. Ripe apricots.
Palate: Aniseed. Plum compôte. Vanilla pods. Amphorae jars.
Finish: Star anise. Shaved ginger. Distant smoke. Deep oak. Emerging wax note – a candle moments before it is lit.
Millburn Distillery – Closed
The oldest of the lost Inverness triumvirate, Millburn began life in 1807 as a farm distillery on the East side of Inverness – a far cry from the development that Inverness and the former location of the distillery would eventually go on to witness.
Unfortunately, in 1985 the distillery was closed just two years after its inverness relatives – Glen Albyn and Glen Mhor were shut during the tragic whisky loch of the 1980s. During its lifetime Millburn produced a highly acclaimed malt that was known for being a lightly smoky whisky with notes of silky honey, grilled tropical fruits and gentle spice.
